# Instant spell check on the SDMB now? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963 "2006-11-18T17:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/1 "2006-11-18T17:48:11Z")
For the record, I’ve just downloaded FireFox 2.0, and installed it onto my desktop. Now, even as I type this, I can inntentionally missspell words, and they pop up with a little red underline in the ‘typing box’ on the “Post New Thread” page. Did yous guys install some new feature on the Dope, or is this something in FireFox? Tripler Weird. “Yous” doesn’t get underlined. But all of my intentional misspellings do. FireFox must be made in Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/2 "2006-11-18T17:54:35Z")
It’s a feature of Firefox 2.0 which incorporated the inline spellcheck feature of the Spellbound extension. You’ll find it works on all text input boxes now. I’m currently using Firefox 1.5 and I get the same functionality with the Spellbound Development extension. On an ironic side note, the extension flags “Firefox” as an incorrect spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/3 "2006-11-18T22:18:48Z")
So _that’s_ how all the smug bastards on here keep from making mistakes. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/4 "2006-11-19T01:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] inntentionally missspell [/QUOTE] Missed a couple. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/5 "2006-11-19T02:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] On an ironic side note, the extension flags “Firefox” as an incorrect spelling. [/QUOTE] I noticed that too, when I was OPing. Much obliged. Tripler Yous guys rock. \<–see! “yous” didn’t come up! ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/6 "2006-11-20T08:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I noticed that too, when I was OPing. Much obliged. Tripler Yous guys rock. \<–see! “yous” didn’t come up! [/QUOTE] literally ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/7 "2006-11-20T19:59:08Z")
If you have Internet Explorer, the ieSpell add-on is a right-click spell checker for text boxes. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/8 "2006-11-20T20:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=QED] On an ironic side note, the extension flags “Firefox” as an incorrect spelling. [/QUOTE] It’s not particularly ironic because “firefox” is not a word. When you capitilize it to Firefox it recognizes it as a proper noun and doesn’t flag. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/9 "2006-11-21T13:13:38Z")
So how do I get my Firefox to do this spell checky thing? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/10 "2006-11-21T14:24:55Z")
Upgrade to the latest version and then click on “Bookmarks/Mozilla Firefox/Customize Firefox” and follow the prompts for Add-ons. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/11 "2006-11-21T15:11:18Z")
Actually, I just upgraded to Firefox 2.0 and the spell check was installed/enabled by default. I didn’t have to do anything extra. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/12 "2006-11-21T16:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] So how do I get my Firefox to do this spell checky thing? [/QUOTE] If you don’t want to upgrade to Firefox 2.0, you can install one of the following, depending upon which version you are running: [http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/download](http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/download) - SpellBound 0.73 for Firefox 1.0 and earlier [Making sure you're not a bot!](http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=351130) - SpellBound development version for 1.5 and up. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/13 "2006-11-21T17:02:18Z")
Go on, upgrade to 2.0. You know you want to. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-spell-check-on-the-sdmb-now/380963/14 "2006-11-22T07:13:19Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Upgrade to the latest version and then click on “Bookmarks/Mozilla Firefox/Customize Firefox” and follow the prompts for Add-ons. [/QUOTE] All you need to do is upgrade. As has been said, Firefox 2.0 includes a spellchecker as standard. It doesn’t need to be switched on and you don’t need any further addons for this function.